希臘達成結束財政危機的協議

Greece says the majority ((85.8 percent)) of the country's private lenders, including financial institutions, have agreed to a bond swap deal to help the country eliminate a $142-billion debt and avoid a default on its financial obligations.

Greece intends to use legislation to force the remaining holdouts to sign on to the agreement.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday praised the deal, saying it means "the problem is solved" and "a page in the financial crisis is turning." Mr. Sarkozy spoke in the southern French city of Nice.

The chief economist for Alpha Bank in Greece (( Michalis Massourakis)) says the debt relief deal will have a positive impact on the growth of banks and the economy.

Greece has adopted widespread austerity measures, cutting wages and pensions and eliminating thousands of government jobs, to meet the demands of international lenders so it could secure a new $172-billion bailout. It is the country's second rescue package in two years.

With Greece planning to pay back the remaining debt it owes to the financial institutions over an extended period, those that bought the Greek bonds will ultimately lose about three-fourths of their investments.希臘表示，包括金融機構在內的希臘絕大多數民間借貸方已經同意簽署債券交換協議，幫助希臘免除1420億美元的債務，以及避免債務違約。

希臘打算利用立法來迫使其它尚未簽署協議的借貸方簽署協議。

法國總統薩科齊星期五讚揚了這個協議。他在法國南部城市尼斯講話時表示，這意味着“問題得到解決”，以及“金融危機正在扭轉”。

希臘阿爾法銀行的首席經濟學家說，債務減免協議將對銀行和經濟的發展帶來積極的影響。

希臘已經採取了大範圍的緊縮措施，削減工資和養老金並裁減了數千個政府工作崗位，以滿足國際借貸方的要求，從而獲得下一筆1720億美元的救助貸款。這將是希臘兩年來獲得的第二筆貸款。

儘管希臘計劃在更長的時間段裏償還其欠下金融機構的剩餘債務，但是購買希臘政府債券的投資者最終將損失其投資的3/4。